Frente e Verso: Blackface – Marco Mendonça

21h30 Small Auditorium

10€ / Pentágono Card 5€ Ages 14+

Frente e Verso: Blackface – Marco Mendonça

Show with Audiodescription

This show uses strobe lights, which can affect people susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or with other types of photosensitivity.

Blackface, by Marco Mendonça, is a solo performance that uses satire, burlesque, and documentary elements to examine the racist practice of blackface in theatre and question the existence of racism in Portugal.

Artistic direction, creation and interpretation Marco Mendonça
Creative support Bruno Huca
Dramaturgy support Gisela Casimiro
Musical composition and sound design Mestre André                                                          
Video Heverton Harieno
Light design Rui Monteiro
Set design Pedro Azevedo
Costumes Aldina Jesus
Technical director Manuel Abrantes
Set design Daniela Cardante
Production Alkantara – Sinara Suzin and Carolina Gameiro
Co-production Alkantara, Teatro do Bairro Alto and Teatro Viriato
Co-production residency O Espaço do Tempo
Residency support Moussem Nomadic Arts Center
Acknowledgements Ana Cristina Mendonça, André e. Teodósio, Artistas Unidos, Bernardo Peixoto, Catarina Amaral, Cidália Espadinha, Cleo Diára, Eduardo Mendonça, Eduardo Molina, Gio Lourenço, Isabél Zuaa, Márcia Mendonça, Marcos Cardão, Maria Jorge, Nádia Yracema, Nuna, Nuno Lopes, Soraia Tavares, Raquel S., Tiago Bartolomeu Costa and Vanessa Coelho.

Duration 90 minutes

Blackface + Cantar de Galo Pass

Media partner Antena 2

This show will be analyzed at the next meeting of the Companhia de Espectadores, on October 12 at 11am.
Sign up at participacao@theatrocirco.com

Support Portuguese Republic – Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts. RTCP – Network of Portuguese Theatres and Cinemas